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Hydrochloric acid spill spawns vapour cloud in Ohio for 5 hours
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By The Associated Press
DOVER, Ohio - A large hydrochloric acid spill early today at an east-central Ohio plant that makes chemical additives spawned a massive vapour cloud that took hours to dissipate.
No injuries were reported.
Dover Fire Chief Brooks Ross says more than 102-thousand-203 litres of hydrochloric acid leaked from a storage tank into a retention basin at Dover Chemical Corporation around 12:30 a.m.
He says the leak was contained onsite, but a vapour cloud developed and lingered for more than five hours after the leak was discovered.
Ross says it was fortunate the leak occurred overnight because the company is located near heavily travelled Interstate 77, and the area is heavily populated.
Police and fire officials describe the cloud as a minor irritant, and five hours after the leak, Ross says the cloud was limited to the spill site.
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By The Associated Press
DOVER, Ohio - A large hydrochloric acid spill early today at an east-central Ohio plant that makes chemical additives spawned a massive vapour cloud that took hours to dissipate.
No injuries were reported.
Dover Fire Chief Brooks Ross says more than 102-thousand-203 litres of hydrochloric acid leaked from a storage tank into a retention basin at Dover Chemical Corporation around 12:30 a.m.
He says the leak was contained onsite, but a vapour cloud developed and lingered for more than five hours after the leak was discovered.
Ross says it was fortunate the leak occurred overnight because the company is located near heavily travelled Interstate 77, and the area is heavily populated.
Police and fire officials describe the cloud as a minor irritant, and five hours after the leak, Ross says the cloud was limited to the spill site.
